Coffee Crisp

Coffee Crisp is a chocolate bar manufactured in Canada by Nestlé.[1]. It consists of alternating layers of vanilla wafer and a foamed coffee-flavoured soft candy, covered with a milk chocolate outer layer.

History

In Toronto, Canada, the William Neilson Ltd invented the Coffee Crisp concept prior to being taken over by Rowntree's.[2] Rowntree's was already producing the "Rowntree's Wafer Crisp" in the United Kingdom, which was sold in Canada as "Biscrisp". In 1938, a coffee variation was added to the Biscrisp line, being named Coffee Crisp, incorporating the Neilson concept.[3]

In 1988, Nestlé acquired Rowntree's and its Canadian operations, including the Toronto chocolate factory where the bar is produced.

Variations

In 2001, the first variation of the Coffee Crisp brand was introduced, a limited-edition "Coffee Crisp Orange" flavour. A limited amount of the orange flavour was reissued in 2002. That same year, a limited-edition "Coffee Crisp Raspberry" flavour was released. "Coffee Crisp Café Caramel" was sold in the summer of 2004 and again in the summer of 2006. A limited-edition "Coffee Crisp White" was launched in the autumn that same year. A limited-edition maple-flavoured bar was available from April to September 2005.

For much of the 2000s, Coffee Crisp was available in "French Vanilla" and "Triple Mocha" flavours. In 2005, the coffee bean-shaped "Coffee Crisp Beans" were introduced. The most recent bar form was Coffee Crisp Yogurt.

In January 2007, all variations of Coffee Crisp bars other than the original were discontinued.

Coffee Crisp 70% dark chocolate was introduced in 2009. Sometime between 2008 and 2010, French Vanilla and Chocolatey Crunch variations were made available. In 2014, Coffee Crisp Latte was released in celebration of Coffee Crisp's 75th anniversary. In early 2021, a new Coffee Crisp Double Double flavour was released.

A Coffee Crisp-flavoured ice cream bar and ice cream flavour are also available.

In 2023, a bite-sized, round chocolates version of Coffee Crisp was released, named "Coffee Crisp Pops".

"Coffee Crisp Mix-Ups" were introduced in March 2025, where you get the wafer + chocolate + graham cracker bits in a bite-sized cluster form.

Availability outside Canada

The bar is largely unavailable outside Canada. It can be found in Australia at some specialized "lolly shops," and exported into the U.S. market by British Wholesale Imports. .

In 2006, an unofficial petition[4] was started at coffeecrisp.org asking Nestlé to market the Coffee Crisp in all U.S. cities. According to the site, the petition succeeded and Nestlé began marketing the Coffee Crisp nationwide in late July 2006.[5] However in April 2009, the marketing of the Coffee Crisp bar into the U.S. was discontinued by Nestlé Canada.

At the Canadian section of Epcot at Walt Disney World, there is a shop that sells Coffee Crisp bars.

See also

• Crisp (chocolate bar)— different "Crisp" candy bars by Nestlé, sold in the United States
• Canadian cuisine
• List of Canadian inventions and discoveries
• List of chocolate bar brands

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